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Fire rampages through $28M Tenn. castle-home
AP - A luxurious castle-like home in Johnson City, Tenn., has been badly burned by fierce flames.
Salmonella prompts peanut butter recall in Ohio
AP - An Ohio distributor is recalling one of its brands of peanut butter after finding it has been contaminated with salmonella bacteria.
LtGov outlines reform plan for Illinois government
AP - Illinois Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn is offering his plan for reforming Illinois government but says restoring public faith in state government won't be easy.
Speedy trial issue lands before US Supreme Court
AP - After he was charged with hitting his girlfriend in the face, career criminal Michael Brillon sat in jail without bail for nearly three years, going through six public defenders before being tried for assault.
Clint Eastwood's `Gran Torino' tops box office
AP - Make my weekend. Clint Eastwood has had the best movie opening of his long and esteemed career. His 'Gran Torino' revved up the winter box office with $29 million in ticket sales in its first weekend of wide release, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Man goes on trial in firefighters' arson deaths
AP - Some 10,000 mourners turned out for the funeral of five firefighters who died trying to save a home from a raging wildfire, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger eulogized them for bravery.
Charter bus, cars collide on snowy NH highway
AP - Officials in New Hampshire say 59 vehicles, including three buses and two tractor-trailer rigs, have crashed on a snowy highway.
Renegade Nevada claims election bellwether status
AP - With its 24-hour casino gambling, legalized prostitution and drive-through wedding chapels, Nevada seems anything but conventional. But when it comes to voting in presidential elections, the maverick state is as mainstream as it gets.
Speaker: Bill wouldn't have stopped Blagojevich
AP - The speaker of the Illinois House said Sunday he doesn't think a bill taking away the governor's power to appoint President-elect Barack Obama's Senate replacement would have stopped Gov. Rod Blagojevich from making the appointment.
State legislature posts social calendars online
AP - The Montana Legislature is offering its constituents food for thought by posting its 2009 calendar of special interest group-sponsored brunches and mixers online for the first time.
Kan. lawmaker seeks audit for case of missing boy
AP - A state senator wants to know if the Kansas social services department had any contact with an 11-year-old boy who went missing a decade ago but whose disappearance wasn't reported until this month.
First US count finds 1 in 200 kids are vegetarian
AP - Sam Silverman is co-captain of his high school football team — a safety accustomed to bruising collisions. But that's nothing compared with the abuse he gets for being a vegetarian.
Nutrient diligence needed for vegetarian kids
AP - Children who want to be vegetarians need to 'fill in the blanks' of their low-protein diets by eating alternatives to red meat, fish and poultry, experts say.
Baltimore mayor's ability to govern may suffer
AP - It's difficult enough to lead a city plagued by rampant violent crime, failing schools, widespread poverty and drug addiction. For Mayor Sheila Dixon, the job figures to get tougher this year — and not just because of the sagging economy.
New Orleans restaurateur Archie A. Casbarian dies
AP - Archie A. Casbarian, who restored New Orleans' famous Creole restaurant Arnaud's to its former glory and made it a dining attraction for presidents, has died. He was 72.
Transit board gets another earful on Oakland death
AP - Angry residents criticized transit officials again Sunday for their response to the fatal shooting of an unarmed man by a transit police officer on New Year's Day.
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